Archives for March, 2010


Social Media for Job Search Advice: Stop Fondling the Hammer!

March 11th, 2010

The inspiration for this blog post comes from someone I consider to be a true thought leader in social media, someone who I had a chance to finally meet in person recently: Jeremiah Owyang.  He wrote a blog post back in 2008 entitled “Stop Fondling the Hammer, and Focus on the House,” and I didn’t [...]




LinkedIn Recommendations: Will You Write Me One?

July 28th, 2009

Come on, I don’t really want you to write me one, but there has been unprecedented chatter about LinkedIn recommendations in blogging circles these days.  And I want to put everything in perspective to confirm whether or not LinkedIn recommendations really have value. It was Jeremiah Owyang who started the debate.  Jeremiah is a renowned web [...]